The ordering of this list is somewhat arbitrary though it tries to
follow the alphabet :-) No weighing is intended.

Two list entries here are somewhat special:

- The "MFJ 90's Radio Club" is focussed on the MFJ 90xx series of
QRP transceivers but not affiliated with the company. Rather than
being a club it is more a newsletter and its readership.

- The "AGCW-DL" is not a QRP club but rather a CW club. It is in the
list because of its strong QRP activites and because there is no
dedicated German QRP club.

In addition to all that you'll also find information about defunct
clubs and newsletters, ceased activities, 'unofficial' groups and a
small paragraph about the world famous IQ (Internet QRP-L) Club ;-)

The NUMB entry is only meant to give a rough indication about how big
the club is. The numbers given are not precise and cannot be. The
number of active members is not equal to the last issued membership
number - some former members are SK now or have left the club. A good
indication of active membership numbers is the number of people that
subscribe to the club newsletter.

The PROJ entry isn't meant to be a listing of all the building
projects that any club member has ever done. Rather it should list all
the projects that were designed by a club member, were realized by
several others and are available as a circuit diagram, kit or
whatever. This entry shows you where household names like 'Epiphyte'
or 'Sierra' originated.

Similar story with the TEST entry: It is not a list of activities
the particular club *participates* in, but rather a list of
activities that *originate* within the club. There is not space
enough to give details. By supplying the name everybody can see that
a special activity exists which will give him the starter to ask for
more information.

I would also like to supply information about regular 'on the air'
meetings of the clubs (entry QNET). If you know about such activities,
please notify me; my address is at the end of this file.

Addresses in <brackets> are Internet email addresses; those in
[brackets] are valid in the Amateur Packet Radio network.

ABBR: BC QRP
FULL: QRP Club of British Columbia
PRES: Derry Spittle, VE7QK
ADDR: 1241 Mount Crown Road,
North Vancouver,
BC V7R 1R9 Canada
<jds@freenet.vancouver.bc.ca>
[VE7QK@VE7KIT.#VANC.BC.CAN.NA]
SINC: 1984
COST: $5.00
NEWS: Four Newsletters/year following each meeting. These are mailed to
members and posted on the Internet (QRP-L) and packet (QRP@USA)
NUMB: 35
MEET: Quarterly lunch meetings alternating between the Lower Mainland
and Vancouver Island
QNET: Currently three SSB nets daily. At 1600 & 1900PST on 3729KHz
At 2230PST on +/-3760KHz with NorCal hams. Subject to change
with propagation.
PROJ: Epiphyte, Neomyte and other SSB Transceiver projects.
Construction articles have appeared in QRPp (NorCal Journal)
and SPRAT (G-QRP Club Journal)
TEST: (Participation in NorCal and ARCI contests only)
AWRD: ---
COMM: Focuses on the design and construction of QRP SSB transceivers.
Club is affiliated with NorCal (QRP Club of Northern California)

FULL: Durham Region QRP Club
ADDR: Durham Region QRP Club
c/o Jim Wilson
788 Edgewood Road,
Pickering, Ontario
L1V 2Z9
CANADA
MEET: on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, at Centennial College,
Progress Campus, in Scarbourgh, Ontario (Highway 401 and
Markham Road), meeting in the electronics lab on the 3rd
floor, "D" Wing, 7:30 p.m. Informal, with a member-selected
topic announced in advance.
QNET: CW net Wednesdays, 8:00 pm local time, 3535 kHz; afterwords
FM ragchew (approx. 8:30 pm local time) on repeater VE3PIC
146.670 MHz minus offset. The club call for the net is VE3QDR
(Qrp Durham Region). Check-ins strongly encouraged!
TEST: We operate Field Day from a member site near Tyrone, Ontario.
COMM: Serving qrp interests in the Toronto Metropolitian area, as
well as Durham Region and surrounding areas. We invite
communications and queries from all amateurs in Ontario and
Canada interested in QRP.

FULL: MFJ 90's Radio Club
ADDR: Joe Falcone, AA8HV, Editor
9614 Garden Avenue
Livonia, Michigan 48150
USA
SINC: 1993
COST: None. The editor asks for articles from the users.
NEWS: "The Nineties", 6 to 10 issues annually.
Concentrating on the MFJ 90xx series of TRXes.
NUMB: abt 150
COMM: The MFJ club is not affiliated with the company. It was
started and is being run by Joe Falcone as a non-profit
service. Latest news had Mr. Joseph Falcone stating that due
to other personal commitments he would no longer be able to
publish the MFJ 90's newsletter and is looking for someone to
take it over.

ABBR: NorTex QRP (NQC)
FULL: NorthTexas QRP Club
PRES: Chuck Adams, K5FO, <adams@chuck.dallas.sgi.com>
MEET: NORTEX meets every 1st Saturday of the month at 10 AM. The
meetings are held at Chuck Adams' (K5FO) place of business in
Addison, TX. Directions to the meeting are: First floor of
the building on the southeast corner of Arapaho and Addison
Rd. It's one block north of Beltline. Quorum Centre is the
name of the building - three stories glass and brick. Come
into the main entrance and follow the signs to the SGI
Training room.

ABBR: OK QRP
FULL: Oklahoma QRP Club
ADDR: Don Kelly, KA5UOS
703 West 8th St.
Edmond, OK 73003
USA
SINC: 1988
COST: $10
NEWS: "Oklahoma QRP", quarterly but somewhat irregular. Backissues
available.
NUMB: 120
QNET: Oklahoma QRP Net, 1430Z Sundays 7.060 MHz
COMM: Not to be confused with the OK QRP Club in the Czech Republic!
All newsletter articles include a basic understanding of how
each circuit functions. "Our aim is to help the new ham make
the transition from kits to scratch homebrew."
Don Kelly is not the editor of the club newsletter
any more - he has turned that over to somebody else, but will
probably resume after finishing school.

~~~~~~

ABBR: SLQS
FULL: St. Louis QRP Society
PRES: Andy Becker, W0NVM
ADDR: c/o Keith Arns, KC0PP
2832 Penbrooke Lane
St. Charles, MO 63301
USA
SINC: November 1987
COST: $12.00
NEWS: "The Peanut Whistle", monthly
NUMB: 40-45
MEET: Third Wednesday of each month, at Florissant Valley Community
College
QNET: First Wednesdays of the month, 8:00 p.m., on the 145.33 (-600)
repeater.
PROJ: many club generated kits, mostly reproductions of other
designs, for club members only.
TEST: Homebrew Competition (in January)
AWRD: Annual Member's Service Award
COMM: Events: Field Day, Fall Outing, Tailgate Sale, Annual Dinner
Meeting.
SLQS is a *local* club. Members wishing to join should live in
our immediate metropolitan area and are requested to attend at
least one meeting before joining.
SLQS has no by-laws, elected officers and other formalities. We
have a volunteer president or "master of ceremonies" and a
volunteer treasurer.

This is mainly a Dutch group of amateurs with guest members
from two other countries only. Dick Pascoe, G0BPS, is the only
British member. Three Germans are also members being a family,
husband, wife and son. There are no membership fees, no
magazine, no contests etc, just a group of friends. Membership
is by invitation only!

o Zuni Looper Mountain Expeditionary Force

This is a local gathering of QRP ARCI members in Southern
California, who operate Field Day with QRP; the name refers to
the particular part of the State or National Park they always
operate from (the Zuni Loop area of the park). They are well
known and admired for the *HUGE* wire antennas they erect.

o Maryland Milliwatt Club

The club was founded in 1992 by two members. Membership is by
invitation only. Mailing Address: Maryland Milliwatt Club, 3052
Fairland Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904.

o World QRP Federation (WQF)

The only thing I know is that Gus, G8PG is president. I suppose
it's a kind of QRP cover organisation. Can anyone give more
info on this?

I was using the club list maintained by Bill Kelsey, N8ET, as a basis
for this list. Much later when perusing the QRP-L archives I
discovered that Chuck Adams, K5FO, had already compiled a list which
contained clubs that I didn't know about. Additional information came
from other contributions to QRP-L and from assorted printed material,
most notably publications of the G-QRP Club. Thanks for very helpful
contributions and corrections from (sorted by callsign):

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If you find outdated information or errors in this list, please let me
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Please note that I try to stick to European conventions in spelling
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